#56AE36#56AE36

#56AE36 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.177 H 138.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56AE36
RGB	rgb(86, 174, 54)
HSL	hsl(104, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(104, 69%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.6%, 0%, 69%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.77, -48.23, 51.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.77, 70.40, 133.24°)
OKLab	oklab(67.16% -0.1329 0.1171)
OKLCH	oklch(67.16% 0.177 138.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.6389, 32.5154, 8.7306)
Luminance	0.3252 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56AE36 #8E36AE

analogous

#92AE36 #56AE36 #36AE52

triadic

#56AE36 #3656AE #AE3656

tetradic

#56AE36 #3692AE #8E36AE #AE5236

square

#56AE36 #3692AE #8E36AE #AE5236

split-complementary

#56AE36 #5236AE #AE3692

monochromatic

#285119 #3F7F28 #56AE36 #75CB56 #9CD985

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#56AE36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.50

#56AE36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56AE36

7.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56AE36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56AE36	1.00	2.80	7.50	7.50
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B39F25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89841

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4FA896

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56ae36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 174, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.177 138.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec773',
    500: '#56ae36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56ae36;
$custom-light: #8ec773;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56ae36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 104,
    "s": 52.632,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67155,
    "c": 0.17717,
    "h": 138.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56AE36

secondary

#B07DC3

accent

#4CDCB6

background

#F9FCF7

surface

#F1F8ED

border

#CBD1C8

text

#0D1308

muted

#7E827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #56AE36

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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